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OLIFENT, Walter Reginald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 19 June 1882 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1971, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound forearm. | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 1, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Fleurbaix, Shell wound posterior left thigh (severe). | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, HS Marama, England for invaliding to Australia - arriving Melbourne 17 October 1916. | |
| 11 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit. |
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